X b benjamin crawford



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- nnNJAMiN onlie-Vroni), or nnnnen'nnrcnr, PENNSYLVANIA.

Lenen Potent No. 75,250, dass March 10, 186s,

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To nLLewHoM' IT MAY coNoERN 1 i l Be'it'knownthat, BENJAMIN Usswwoun, of Allegheny City, in the county of Allegheny, and State o Pennsylvania, have invented` a new and useful Improvement in Homes; und I do hereby. declare the following to he n full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theuccompanyng drawings, making a part of this specication,-n which Figure 1 is a front view of' one of a. pair of haines, showing one orm of device for attaching s tug to a homes, with my'imprevement vin one of its positions of adjustment, and

Figure 2 is a' similar vien? of the other of a pair of haines, showing another form of tugffasten'ngyalso with hay improvement, and in s'di'erent position of adjustment. i

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

The tug-hooks or tug-eyes, or other device iucomrnon use for connecting the tug-strap or trace-chain of s.. harnessto the llames, is usually attached to the haines, so as to b e incapahleiof being udjusted at higher or lower points on the haines; consequently, when, ns is often the case,4 the same haines have to beused on horses of di'ercnt size or structure of shoulder, the drmghtor pressuremust necessarily sometimes come'on thewrong part ofthe shoulder, so that the full strength of the horse cannot always be judiciously or. advantageously applied, und not unfrequently the shoulder itself in this-way receivesserious and permanent injury.

"T6 ohvinte these as well as other evilsof alike character, I have devised an improvement in haines, the natureof which cousistsfin the construction ofan adjustable fastening, by'which to connect o. harnessetug or trace-chain toits hames.

-To enable others skillediin the -artzto make and 'use myinvention, I will proceed to describe its mode of construction and operation. i

a und a represent a pair ofhames of the ordinary construction, and provided with theusual line-rings bb und loops e and staples c,-for the hames-straps commonly used. d d nre staples, of any desirable length, securely fastened,- hy riveting or otherwise, each to its-hautes a or a', and extending ligthwys of the hannes. Bock of i 'each of these staples d d I fix one, two, or incre projecting supports, e e, which act 'both as locks and supports to the'hinge-shaped'i'estenings'f or f". These Imake so as to beconnected with the tug in any ordinary way, and so ss to be attached each to .its homes a or a', by the stple dor "pessingthrough rin-eye in its front or inner ,end. This eyeo make somewhat longer-than-tho 'distance between` two of. the projectingsupports e or e', and of vcourse longer than the breadth of the. fastenings f or f", so that the ends of shch eye shall form shoulders is" to`rest against the supports e or e. Thus the strsinof -the draught ietransferred in whole 0r in part `from the staples d d to the' supports e c,-'which transfer is especially necessarywhen such strain would otherwise come at or near the middle of the staples d df; '.ihusthe 'pins or supports e e. actas supporters to lthe' hingo shaped fostenings ffl., A

The distance between thepin's or supports e e or e e'- is usually equul thebreedth ofthe hinged fcetening's ff', though not necessarily so, es euch fcstenings muy he medeflnnrrower.` The supports c of course project out from the haines suficiently to furnish the necessary support, tothe shoulders z'z", ns' above described, und also'to lock the fastonings ff from sliding n p or down, whenplncedbetweenthe supports e e', or. above or below the highest or lowest of thorn.l Y I The mode of adjustment is obvious.l .I6 it he desiredV tochange the point where theA draught or pressure of the loadcomes'aguinst the horsesshonlderfthe festeningsfcrf arethwwn forward, s' as t6 clear the snp- -ports e e', and then slid on their staples ai d', up or'down,`s.s may be desirable, the required distance, und theny placed or allowed to fall back between two other supports e or e', or` below the lowest or 'chore the highest, es the casemny be. Generally, three places of adjustment, ns shown vin the drnwings,ffor each haines, willbe found suicient, though I do notwish to coniineinyselt` tn nny particular number. i y VThe onlymethod of adjustment nowlin generaluse Esito ,raise or lower the pair, of humos on their collar-hy" lengtheningthelower' und shortening the upper lheme.si-straps, or vice. versa, either of which can ho dons only hyeacriong thet Yof the harnas tothe horsesn'eck;nndshouider, a'ndccnseqnently with greet liability et tuviste to the horsed I claim, as one advantage of my invention, that the h'ame'svmny be fitted to the collar so that the latter'shnll rest naturally and easily inliitsplace, andthat then the line' of pressure or draught be so adjusted tothe size and shape of the horses 'shoulder that the strength of the horse'shall be most advantageously applied, and withthe least possible-.liability to injury. Thus I adapt the same pair of homes for use on horses of different sine and shapeof shoulder. M l I l My invention is likewise of eonvenieee and benefit, even'ivith the sume horse, ivhen the line'oi` draugnt s c'rhangecl,v as in .changing from .a'plough or mowing-maehine to u. highly-geared'wngon. It is equally valuable when a horses shoulderbeeomes ehafed or galled or bruised in any particular spotby th'ecollar. The injured t part may at once be partially relieved by raising or lowering the'fasto'ningsff in tbe manner described. These Y fosteningsff maybe either ybroad -or narrow, at pleasure, provided they have the necessary strength.

What Iel'aim as my invention, and desire to secure by lLetters Patent, is v '1. Making fastnings,-for -eonnectin'g harness-tugs or traces' to haines, adjustable by im eye .through the inner or forward end. of eaeh,sueh eye to be` operated on a staple, d or d, in connection with properloeks or supports'e e', thefsame being attached to the hamesor homes-plate, for holding such astenings at the proper point of adjustment, substantially as and flor the-purposes .deseribed.

v2.' The shoulders i e" constructed on the fastening'sff, incoinbnation with'fhe supports e e, 'forthe purpose of relieving the strain xvhieh would otherwise come on-tlie staples d d', substantially in the manner' above described. v vi I 'Invtestimony whereof, T, the said BENJAMIN CRAWFORD', have hereunto set my hand, in presenoe of- BENJ. CRAWFORD.. Y

Witnesses A.V S. Nrez'soLsoN, Geo.. H. Cmusrir.V 

